GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| dissension | disagreement |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |